Quoting: draft_em_sign_em_trade_em
With where the Av's are sitting on any waiver wire list, the only way they add a waiver bound goalie is by jumping the line by trading a 4th to 6th Rd pick to get their goalie of choice.
Why? Most teams have a better 2G than all the guys on this list. Hence why you waive a 3G. The only reason why you claim a guy is because of injury. Last season, there were 3 goalies that were claimed off waivers:
Connor Ingram (on October 10)
Jonas Johansson x2 (on September 30 and October 12)
Magnus Hellberg x3 (on October 3, November 10, November 23)
I'm not going to go through and count every goalie that was waived last year, but I imagine there were at least 20 that pass through waivers in early October (as just about every team waives their 3G unless it's someone young who is waiver exempt). The market here isn't really conducive to getting a meaningful return when all of these guys are marginal players.
Quoting: Dru34
Waiting to claim a goalie is less reliable and could take longer than the Avs are willing to wait to get a backup in the mix to relieve Georgie. When you factor that the Avs are more likely to let Frankie walk to Free agency after this season, It seems more probable that the Avs will trade for a goalie that has multiple years under contract. I keep seeing Vladar from the Flames in trade rumours, he is 26 with 2 years under contract, it more appropriately fills the backup role for the Avs so Annunen, Miner and Holm can get a couple more years to cook and level themselves up. Frankie to the Flames with a pick for Vladar seems like the best move available for both teams since the Flames have Dustin Wolf as their big up and coming guy between the pipes.
Annunen and Holm become waiver eligible next year. Miner is still sequestered in the ECHL. Ideal state is that Annunen is ready for an NHL job next season. Why not give him a trial run at the beginning of this year and trade for a goalie if it doesn't work out? Or claim a cheap guy and give Annunen another year to cook.
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